Moat at Moat House Farm, Dorsington
Description of this historic site
A large dry moat that survives as an earthwork in the centre of Dorsington. It surrounds a stone house. The moat is believed to be Medieval in date.
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Notes about this historic site
1 A large dry homestead moat, partly destroyed by modern landscaping at the SW corner. Standing within it is Moat House, a stone building of some antiquity but much modernised.
2 The W arm has an external bank about 0.5m to 1.0m high. The moat is about 12m wide and 1.5m to 2m deep and is dry. The moat is revetted by a brick wall on its outer face at the N side of the moat.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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